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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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fairway
Earth science; Mapping science
The central, deepest or best navigable channel. This term is used in defining water boundaries between states and is applied to water boundaries in sounds, bays, straits, gulfs, ...
error of omission
Earth science; Mapping science
An error introduced into a computation by leaving out pertinent data or by omitting terms of an equation.
photographic exposure
Earth science; Mapping science
The interval of time during which a photographic emulsion is exposed to light, times the illuminance (intensity of the light)
estate
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A person's right or interest in property and its use i.e., the entire property of a person. (2) The property and debts of a deceased or bankrupt person.
frequency measuring equipment
Earth science; Mapping science
Equipment which, by measuring the frequency of electromagnetic radiation from a moving body, can determine the velocity of that body. At present, the most common kind of ...
probable error
Earth science; Mapping science
A quantity of such size that the probability that an error larger than that quantity will occur is the same as the probability that an error smaller than that quantity will occur. ...
evection
Earth science; Mapping science
The largest periodic perturbation in the Moon's longitude. The term is given, in Brown's theory of the Moon's motion, by 1 o 16' 26/4" sin(λ - 2λ' + λ p ), in which λ and λ' ...
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